Improvement in governor



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IMPROVEMENT IIT GOVERNOR.

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rIO ALL WHOM IT MAY GONCERN:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. L. KIRK, of Hamilton, Butler county,Ohio, have invented a new and useful improvement in Water-Wheel andSteam-Engine Regulators; and I hereby declare that the following is afull and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making a part of these specitications.

My invention consists in imparting toa water-Wheel gate or steam-enginegovernor (or throttle) valve a variable, intermittent, and alternatingmovement, produced by the arrangement of the wheels and pinion, as shownin the accompanying drawings.

Figure I is a side elevation of'a regulator .embodying my improvement.

Figure Z is a transverse section, showin-g more fully the manner ofconstruction and arrangement oi" parts for the above-named object.

A A are bevel-wheels working in connection with the pinion B, and set onstationary studs C C at an angle a little less than a right angle withthe drive-shaft L. On the face of the wheels A A are driving-lugs K K,arranged so as to come in Contact with similar lugs I I in theintermediate driver E, when the same is made to raise o1' lower bymeansof the governonstem, which is attached to driver E by means of the keyF. When the driver E is thus made to move, the` shaft D, on which iskeyedthe worm O, revolves, giving an opening or closing movement to avalve or gate; and in consequence of the wheels A A being placed-at anangle with the face of the driver E, a variable intermittent motion isimparted to the worm-wheel P, varying from a slight touch to an entirerevolution of E, depending,` on the variation in the speed of governor,thus supplying the quantity of water to a water-wheel necessary topreserve a uniform speed.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The arrangement of two wheels A A, or their equivalents, on any anglevarying from a right angle from the pinion B in which they work, thesame being provided each with a lug, K K, working in connection withsimilar lugs I I I I on the intermediate driver E, substantially in themanner and for the purpose specified.

WM. A. L. KIRK.

Witnesses:

M. D. SEWARD,

